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The Latest Breaking News from Lachlan Murdoch

Nixed nuptials, Fox in trouble and ‘erratic’ behaviour … Is Rupert Murdoch OK?

In the grand tradition of his newspapers – we really deserve to know, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Inside Crikey’s defence against Murdoch and the mire of defamation law

Crikey’s legal defence centred on its journalism being in the public interest, which Lachlan Murdoch wanted struck out altogether.

Crikey

Tucker breaks silence amid new texts

Fox execs discovered salacious, redacted private messages the day before trial was set to start, NY Times reports

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Fox Forms Tubi Media Group

CTO Paul Cheesbrough will lead the new unit for its standalone digital businesses as CEO

TV Tech

The inside story of Murdoch v Crikey: how it began

Now that the legal smoke has cleared, let’s look back at how this whole David v Goliath stoush got started.

Crikey

The theories surrounding why Tucker Carlson got fired

Fortune

Fox Forms Tubi Media Group, Puts CTO Paul Cheesbrough in Charge of New Digital Unit

Standalone digital business unit will house Tubi, Credible and Blockchain Creative Labs; Farhad Massoudi will step down as Tubi streaming CEO

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Tucker Carlson’s vulgar language in texts contributed to Fox News firing – report

Host called senior colleague a C-word in text message obtained by lawyers as part of Dominion lawsuit

The Guardian - US

Great news, Crikey! Readers celebrate — and mourn not seeing Lachlan on the stand

When Lachlan Murdoch dropped his defamation case, readers rejoiced — but still fantasise about seeing him shamed in the witness box.

Crikey

Private Media is banking on Lachlan Murdoch paying at least 80% of its legal costs

$400,000 is still in play as Crikey’s publisher moves to convince the Federal Court that Lachlan Murdoch should pay indemnity costs.

Crikey

Tucker Carlson out, deals done: what’s behind the Fox spring clean?

So many innuendos, so few certainties, as Rupert Murdoch takes up a corporate broom to sweep away some costly dross.

Crikey

Where to now for Lachlan Keith Murdoch and the values he espouses?

The legend of Lachlan’s grandfather Sir Keith Murdoch looms large in the life of the media scion.

Crikey

Prescriptions at half the price

Australians will pay half price for 320 of their medicines from September when 30-day scripts become 60-day ones, and for the third time activist Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan has been cleared of charges by Queensland Police.

Crikey

As Fox News settles its lawsuit with Dominion, will it make any difference to how it reports?

The jurors were chosen. The packed court room was waiting for the lawyers’ opening statements in the defamation case launched more than two years earlier by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News.

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Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch face another giant legal claim over Fox News 'disinformation'

The lawyer representing voting technology company, Smartmatic, says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are key to the $US2.7 billion case they have brought against Fox News and Fox Corporation.

The Guardian - AU

Rupert Murdoch’s news empire knowingly lied. Can we just pause to take in how extraordinary that is?

Fox News, one of the world’s most powerful media organisations, effectively admitted it broadcast untrue information. What happens now?

The Conversation

Lachlan Murdoch could well have won his Crikey lawsuit, so why did he drop it?

Late last week, Lachlan Murdoch dropped his defamation claim against key figures behind online publication Crikey.

Crikey

Tim Wilson’s Anzac Day wreath stunt

Former Liberal MP Tim Wilson is slammed for his ‘disrespectful stunt’ of pointedly laying a wreath at an Anzac Day service in his former seat saying his successor, Zoe Daniel, wasn’t ‘at an Anzac Day service in her community’, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sinks even lower in voter popularity…

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Murdoch's decision to drop Crikey defamation case is 'best case scenario' for everyone

The legal to and fro surrounding the 2021 US Election has seen Fox News retreat from its second defamation case this week.

The Guardian - AU

The mouse that roared: how a little Australian website stared down Murdoch’s millions

Incensed by an opinion piece, Lachlan Murdoch came at Crikey with guns blazing. But in the end he walked away – for the second time in a week

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch’s decision to drop the Crikey defamation suit atones for the misjudgment of suing in the first place

Discontinuation of defamation proceedings was no less remarkable than the decision to sue the minnow publisher

The Independent UK

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australian outlet after Fox News’ Dominion settlement

‘Murdoch sued us, and then dropped his case. We are proud of our stand. We won’

The New Daily

Fox News libel settlement with Dominion may be a ‘bargaining chip’ for other litigants

Other parties with their eyes on Fox News might use its recent settlement with Dominion to their advantage.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Crikey claims victory as Murdoch drops lawsuit; Queensland doubles EV rebate; and frustrating AFL coverage

Media scion discontinues case days after Fox News settled with Dominion in a separate lawsuit in the US

AFP

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch drops January 6 defamation case

Sydney (AFP) - Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday abruptly dropped a high-profile defamation case against an Australian website that accused his family and firm of fuelling the 2021 US Capitol riots.

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